Texas couple falsely labeled ‘Chip and Joanna Gaines’ admit to $5M dream home renovation scam

Texas couple falsely labeled ‘Chip and Joanna Gaines’ admit to M dream home renovation scam

A Texas couple has pleaded guilty to federal charges after prosecutors revealed they used social media to defraud dozens of homeowners out of nearly $5 million under the guise of custom homes and renovations. According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas Christopher and Raquelle Judge, a married couple from … Read more

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers say Bondi’s death penalty decision was tainted by a conflict of interest

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers say Bondi’s death penalty decision was tainted by a conflict of interest

NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione’s lawyers say Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her previous work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer’s parent company. Bondi was a partner at Ballard Partners before leading the Justice … Read more

NY Attorney General Challenges Acting US Attorney’s Authority to Investigate Trump Cases

NY Attorney General Challenges Acting US Attorney’s Authority to Investigate Trump Cases

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s effort to install political loyalists as top federal prosecutors recently ran aground, with judges ruling that his handpicked U.S. attorneys for New Jersey, Eastern Virginia, Nevada and Los Angeles were all serving illegally. Now, another federal judge is poised to consider an argument from New York Attorney General … Read more

Gunman deemed unfit to stand trial at Colorado abortion clinic dies in prison

Gunman deemed unfit to stand trial at Colorado abortion clinic dies in prison

By Steve Gorman DENVER (Reuters) – Robert Dear, the self-proclaimed “warrior for babies” who was accused of killing three people and wounding nine others in a 2015 shooting at an abortion clinic in Colorado, has died at a prison medical center. Dear, 67, who the courts had repeatedly deemed mentally unfit to stand trial, died … Read more